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and from the city administrator's office, edwin lee. right here. [applause] and i would also like to welcome some generals who may be in our audience. i did not get a chance to see if you were here, but i know that the council general from japan was supposed to be here. if he is not here, though he is coming. the consul general from the philippines was going to be here. also, consul general also from the philippines, wilfredo santos was going to be here. give them applause. [applause] and we all know that an event like this, with your help, also, we need the help of our generous sponsors, and please, indulge me if you will, for us all to recognize some great sponsors. then, i am going to say who they then, i am going to say who they are, and we are going to give
and from the city administrator's office, edwin lee. right here. [applause] and i would also like to welcome some generals who may be in our audience. i did not get a chance to see if you were here, but i know that the council general from japan was supposed to be here. if he is not here, though he is coming. the consul general from the philippines was going to be here. also, consul general also from the philippines, wilfredo santos was going to be here. give them applause. [applause] and we...
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, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to get to our clinic. 85 percent of our staff is bilingual because we are serving many monolingual chinese patients. they can be child care providers so our clients can go out and work. >> we found more and more women of child bearing age come down with cancer and they have kids and the kids were having a horrible time and parents were having a horrible time. how do parents tell their kids they may not be here? what we do is provide a place and the material and support and then they figure out their own truth, what it means to them. i s
, not only our clinic, but the city. we have all our children in san francisco should have insurance now because if they are low income enough, they get medical. if they actually have a little more assets, a little more income, they can get happy family. we do have family who come outside of our neighborhood to come on our clinic. one thing i learn from our clients, no matter how old they are, no matter how little english they know, they know how to get to chinatown, meaning they know how to...
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was a tool the city allowed. i hope we can continue to try to address. >> very smart people have been talking about this for a long time and good plans have been developed that are plans where we work with developers to get down to build more affordable housing. we hope for more incentives. hope for more contribution to city services in the building of the housing. >> there is the mission safe way which is a single story building surrounded by a parking lot. there are several parcels like that, a lot of people in the neighborhood have been talking about building the spaces out and puts the parking under ground and finds spaces for more affordable housing. preferably a healthy mix of rental and ownership opportunity. >> the current the castro upper market is in the motion of a planning process, meets with stake holders about certain parcels on market street that will be developed and its what the community would like to see in the parcels being developed. an important aspect, of course is affordable housing >>. th
was a tool the city allowed. i hope we can continue to try to address. >> very smart people have been talking about this for a long time and good plans have been developed that are plans where we work with developers to get down to build more affordable housing. we hope for more incentives. hope for more contribution to city services in the building of the housing. >> there is the mission safe way which is a single story building surrounded by a parking lot. there are several...
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and in addition to having schools that are city wide, there's lots of programs that are city wide. so i'll give you an example. west portal has a chinese emersion program. it's going to have an attendance area. but the seats that are for the chinese emersion program will not be eligible for the attendance area. the same thing as collaren -- clarenden. 50% of their seats are actually reserved for that. which means that even though it has an attendance area. only 50% of the seats will be available for the attendance area tiebreaker. so the attendance areas, even though there's 58 schools with attendance areas, there are within schools programs that are city wide and that don't have a local preference. this is a distribution of all of the city wide programs. so you can see -- and it's color coded by language. you can see how they're distributed throughout the city. and this is the list of nine elementary schools that did not have an attendance areas the past. that would have an attendance area under the new system. and we sent a packet of information to all of these schools, and we ar
and in addition to having schools that are city wide, there's lots of programs that are city wide. so i'll give you an example. west portal has a chinese emersion program. it's going to have an attendance area. but the seats that are for the chinese emersion program will not be eligible for the attendance area. the same thing as collaren -- clarenden. 50% of their seats are actually reserved for that. which means that even though it has an attendance area. only 50% of the seats will be...
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the city does not retape that. so we want to keep hard copy. forget the electronic stuff. >> can we get those on-line? >> map's are available on-line through subscription by various libraries through the sand born map company. the san francisco library for a period of one year had a trial subscription and the use did not justify the cost so they suspended and the public demand to return that may occur again. >> what is sand born. >> the short answer is, no. sand born was a mapping company that was part of a fire insurance program that went around cities all over the united states and maybe beyond and actually, physically, mapped by hand every building, hold that up for me -- every building and every out building and set of stairs and updated these map's on an annual basis walking around the city and unfortunately someone had the mistakes of canceling the subscription ten or twelve years back but we have these historical map's and their fantastic in many ways. they don't give you a full history of the building but at the snapshot, i think this w
the city does not retape that. so we want to keep hard copy. forget the electronic stuff. >> can we get those on-line? >> map's are available on-line through subscription by various libraries through the sand born map company. the san francisco library for a period of one year had a trial subscription and the use did not justify the cost so they suspended and the public demand to return that may occur again. >> what is sand born. >> the short answer is, no. sand born was...
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the cities say they're not against the project but there are some environmental flaws. the high speed authority says it wants to, and will work with cities. >> and oracle's ceo took the stage at his company's open world conference this afternoon. during his key note address, he unveiled more new technology this week and during any other time in oracle history. that is what he talked about today. innovations include the new fusion business applications. >> we're going to deliver, we think we're going to try to deliver more value than any other technology company. >> and elly conannounced the new team today calling it most talented in company history including new president, hark heard, who was forced to resign as hp's ceo last month following accusations of sexual harassment. ellison called it a mistake and hired heard for his team. >> and there is concern pg&e ratepayers might end up footing the bill for the cost of the san bruno fire. >> a lot of talk about that. and there is that and the rest of the news. >> the utility reform network is demanding pg&e cover costs ass
the cities say they're not against the project but there are some environmental flaws. the high speed authority says it wants to, and will work with cities. >> and oracle's ceo took the stage at his company's open world conference this afternoon. during his key note address, he unveiled more new technology this week and during any other time in oracle history. that is what he talked about today. innovations include the new fusion business applications. >> we're going to deliver, we...
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however, the city does play an important role, which is why we are before you today. and it is why we will be back before this body again. we do play an important role in terms of guiding this project through environmental review and public benefits that we will seek from the project sponsor where peter will prevent -- present detail on that. developing agreements are essentially a contract between the city and the private developer, expressing things on normal entitlements that normally we cannot. in addition to the development agreement that is almost a small constitution for the planning and development of this area, there will be a general plan amendments related to the planning code that will create a special is zoned the district. those are the items that are ultimately moving through the planning commission. briefly, the acting project manager, we anticipate a speedy process that is rare in south san francisco. we had substantial input closed on june 28, bar receiving first draft and second draft comments that have been completed, so we are on track is a city f
however, the city does play an important role, which is why we are before you today. and it is why we will be back before this body again. we do play an important role in terms of guiding this project through environmental review and public benefits that we will seek from the project sponsor where peter will prevent -- present detail on that. developing agreements are essentially a contract between the city and the private developer, expressing things on normal entitlements that normally we...
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and from the city administrator's office, edwin lee. right here. [applause] and i would also like to welcome some generals who may be in our audience. i did not get a chance to see if you were here, but i know that the council general from japan was supposed to be here. if he is not here, though he is coming. the consul general from the philippines was going to be here. also, consul general also from the philippines, wilfredo santos was going to be here. give them applause. [applause] and we all know that an event like this, with your help, also, we need the help of our generous sponsors, and please, indulge me if you will, for us all to recognize some great sponsors. then, i am going to say who they are, and we are going to give them while the applause at the end of all the sponsors as i read them. so starting at the top level, i want to say our heritage sponsor, we want to say a special mahalo and thank you to pacific gas and electric company on the heritage level. i'm going to read them all. heritage level sponsors. we want to say special mahalo
and from the city administrator's office, edwin lee. right here. [applause] and i would also like to welcome some generals who may be in our audience. i did not get a chance to see if you were here, but i know that the council general from japan was supposed to be here. if he is not here, though he is coming. the consul general from the philippines was going to be here. also, consul general also from the philippines, wilfredo santos was going to be here. give them applause. [applause] and we...
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i think this is an important project and is good for the city as a whole. commissioner chu: thank you. any other comments from the committee? commissioner cihu? commissioner chiu: this is a project that will have an enormous impact on the community. insuring that we have real north/south access to our system will expand our transit options and will help the community in ways that is hard to imagine at this time, particularly being able to use such an enormous amount of federal funds in these tough economic times is an opportunity that we have already decided on numerous occasions as a city to move forward on and that i will continue to support. >commissioner chu: thank you. next item. >> introduction of new items. this is an informational item. commissioner chu: commissioners? commissioner dufty: earlier today, we took action on a number of black related funding items which all of a strong support. i recently spent a bit of time with some policy makers, representatives of the dpw, visitors from the netherlands, to see how public transportation and biking is
i think this is an important project and is good for the city as a whole. commissioner chu: thank you. any other comments from the committee? commissioner cihu? commissioner chiu: this is a project that will have an enormous impact on the community. insuring that we have real north/south access to our system will expand our transit options and will help the community in ways that is hard to imagine at this time, particularly being able to use such an enormous amount of federal funds in these...
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it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how many artists to think about the habitat? >> we put together a list of possible participants, local, national, or international, of people who are concerned with environmental concerns, made some sort of contribution to the landscape and conversation we're having here. we said that broke -- proposal requests and we received 25 back. from that 25, we went through and chose tend to realize in the landscape. >> including this building, which is an amazing example of recycling. >> we are proud of this space. it was designe
it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio...
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we have a lot of resources in the city. we often don't coordinate all, even don't even ask what is happening from one to another, one hand to the other hand. this is really a tool to help us to communicate and then to also measure our change over time, our success over time. it's really critical. so i think that is really -- i'm really proud of this. the second thing that i'm actually really doing a lot of work on is implementing parenting training. we have a parent training institute with the support from the first five commission and agency. we're seeing that almost as an i knocklation, an immunization for parents. it's really a whole set of schools that really we need to really teach and learn and support each other to do. and through this, we introduce two evidence-based parenting practices. if we do a good job, especially for the under 12 years old, for the younger children from birth to 12 years old, do much more universally training parenting support that would go a long way in helping our youth need and our youth pr
we have a lot of resources in the city. we often don't coordinate all, even don't even ask what is happening from one to another, one hand to the other hand. this is really a tool to help us to communicate and then to also measure our change over time, our success over time. it's really critical. so i think that is really -- i'm really proud of this. the second thing that i'm actually really doing a lot of work on is implementing parenting training. we have a parent training institute with the...
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and there are so many walls around the city that could be beautified. i am so thankful that this opportunity has come about. >> my word encourage anyone who is thinking about it to really jump on the bandwagon. it is looking beautiful. when i came here this morning, i was notified that taggers were there last night, but fortunately, they did not touch our building. >> to check out the mural in person, stop by 65 polk road. in addition to being a street smarts artist, he has been teaching students about the value for public space and creating public art for the communities through a program called where art lives. for a full list of other in your locations and to learn more about the efforts to combat vandalism, visit >> about four years ago, [inaudible] look at how beautiful this was. there is our relationship to the planet. these regions are the wealthiest, the most powerful. that really has impacted the planet. it is almost impossible now to go anywhere and had it really be completely dark. there are very few locations that you can find. that means ou
and there are so many walls around the city that could be beautified. i am so thankful that this opportunity has come about. >> my word encourage anyone who is thinking about it to really jump on the bandwagon. it is looking beautiful. when i came here this morning, i was notified that taggers were there last night, but fortunately, they did not touch our building. >> to check out the mural in person, stop by 65 polk road. in addition to being a street smarts artist, he has been...
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we just marked an important milestone in our city. i would argue important this nationn francisco has now achieved a 77% diversion rate, the highest in america. no big city can lay claim to diverting that much of their waste, and that is why that composting requirement was so important. this is why our efforts to consumption and distribution and the like of plastic water bottles is so important. it is because we want to reduce that waste going into the landfill. we want to reduce the burden on our environment. we want to create jobs. the folks on the line behind me and above me, those are folks that have employment because of these programs. we have added over 118 people in the last couple of years to the roles of the employed in these green collar jobs because of the recycling and composting programs. we actually created economic stimulus by building facilities like this and putting people to work to do that job. ball the folks out here in the hard hats are also supported by people in the office is doing the processing, doing account
we just marked an important milestone in our city. i would argue important this nationn francisco has now achieved a 77% diversion rate, the highest in america. no big city can lay claim to diverting that much of their waste, and that is why that composting requirement was so important. this is why our efforts to consumption and distribution and the like of plastic water bottles is so important. it is because we want to reduce that waste going into the landfill. we want to reduce the burden on...
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their stuff was held outside of the city. after the 06 earthquake, one of the reports by the city was, all the fire hydrants were tied to spring valley. the city said this is crazy. they actually put in a second war supply and municipalized. all the records were transferred to the water department, they are at 1155 market and they are all the way back to 1868. it will be $0.37 to hook up with your water >> also on your question, the cost in having a structural engineer take a look at your building is a very, very small percentage of the building's value. i think whether we have a large condominium, your building is static and the type of soil you're silting on and certain types of deterioration, and once you have that inspection done, you will sleep much better and make rational decisions on how you want to priorityize. >> i totally agree with you, the plans are part of the history. would i be able to get them? >> they have the water hook up and the date your building was legalized. >> if it's an apartment building, most engi
their stuff was held outside of the city. after the 06 earthquake, one of the reports by the city was, all the fire hydrants were tied to spring valley. the city said this is crazy. they actually put in a second war supply and municipalized. all the records were transferred to the water department, they are at 1155 market and they are all the way back to 1868. it will be $0.37 to hook up with your water >> also on your question, the cost in having a structural engineer take a look at your...
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ó the economic c of the city. this is burdensome, the government coming in and determining how someone should ask, how someone should " weç hit that goal. people said it was amazing. other cities said that it was amazing and asked how we did it. they came out here, and we started to see the first groups of folks coming on tour, not to see coit tower, not to see the golden gate bridge, not to jump on a cable car or go down to the birthplace of the biotech industry or ucsf. they started coming down to the recycling facility. foreign leaders coming onshore to the recycling facility asking how we did it. we have experts from government, from business. we saw folks in academia saying that san francisco is doing something right, so we reach that milestone of 15%, and we said that is not a stretch bowl. that was a good and impressive first start, but let's raise the bar. what we did a number of years ago, i think it was seven years ago, we set forth our new, more audacious goals, and that goal was to reach 75% of vers
ó the economic c of the city. this is burdensome, the government coming in and determining how someone should ask, how someone should " weç hit that goal. people said it was amazing. other cities said that it was amazing and asked how we did it. they came out here, and we started to see the first groups of folks coming on tour, not to see coit tower, not to see the golden gate bridge, not to jump on a cable car or go down to the birthplace of the biotech industry or ucsf. they started...
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. -- san francisco city policy. the purpose of this is to commission some of our local pieces. right now, the budget for this portion is $14.5 million. basically, it is intended to enhance the rider's experience. you notice the station we have on market street right now are rather bare, except for advertising -- utilitarian is a better word. to that effect, in july of this year, two artists were selected for the project. they are now in the development stage. mta submitted the report for the new starts. the letter for prejudice approval. that will allow them construction on that access to it. -- access pit. then in february, a major milestone, full funding. immediately after, construction will begin. revenue service, just for the christmas season. the funding plan is mainly unchanged from the baseline. the funding shortfall has been reduced to $133 million from $164 million. that was from high-speed rail connectivity funds that were identified to be used on the project. i also need to mention, even though technicall
. -- san francisco city policy. the purpose of this is to commission some of our local pieces. right now, the budget for this portion is $14.5 million. basically, it is intended to enhance the rider's experience. you notice the station we have on market street right now are rather bare, except for advertising -- utilitarian is a better word. to that effect, in july of this year, two artists were selected for the project. they are now in the development stage. mta submitted the report for the...
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there are storefronts all over the city. we have been approached by many of them. it is about getting the resources together. >> this calley is working with the san francisco arts commission and building a tool kit. >> this will be an open source body of information. people can download the different things that we had to do with the artists. negotiations with the property owners. there is also the artist selection. people can take it in their own hands to put art in the storefront. >> weren't they great? i think they deserve another round of your thanks. they are thurgood marshall high school like school crew. -- light show crew. they were formed to demonstrate asian culture through the art of glow sticks. glow sticks are synonymous with the buyer dancing from hawaii. they did a great job with those close sticks. -- with those glow stick. i am going to serve as your mc. the first rule of thumb i get to ask of all of you is please turn off your cell phones. we would really appreciate it if you could check right now to see that yourself bones are on silent mode are
there are storefronts all over the city. we have been approached by many of them. it is about getting the resources together. >> this calley is working with the san francisco arts commission and building a tool kit. >> this will be an open source body of information. people can download the different things that we had to do with the artists. negotiations with the property owners. there is also the artist selection. people can take it in their own hands to put art in the storefront....
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but we asweek, as the city, do e that sometimes. -- we, as a city, do not see that sometimes. >> thank you. very well said. [applause] that is the reason we're holding this meeting. we want to hear from the public regarding the effects of cuts for mental health. would like to hear next from mary kate connor, please. [no audio]
but we asweek, as the city, do e that sometimes. -- we, as a city, do not see that sometimes. >> thank you. very well said. [applause] that is the reason we're holding this meeting. we want to hear from the public regarding the effects of cuts for mental health. would like to hear next from mary kate connor, please. [no audio]
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of the shops and restaurants along haight street and hayes street being within walking distance of city hall and the symphony, ballet, the open practice, the neighborhood offers something to everybody. this is the oldest and first japantown established in the united states of america. it's where the japanese first landed to begin diplomatic relationships, in the mid-and late 1900's, was the first place where the consulate was established. the first buddhist church, the first christian church, the first non-profit, the first businesses were created here. so it has a unique place in not only japanese-american history but california history for the japanese to begin to develop community here in america. it is still a gathering place not only for the japanese-americans in san francisco but throughout the bay area. >> tkpwo*ep golden gate park park is beautiful. the physical beauty is hard to beat. it is well served by public transit. its central location is extraordinary. without question, haight ashbury is one of the most famous neighborhood in the world. there is a certain live and let li
of the shops and restaurants along haight street and hayes street being within walking distance of city hall and the symphony, ballet, the open practice, the neighborhood offers something to everybody. this is the oldest and first japantown established in the united states of america. it's where the japanese first landed to begin diplomatic relationships, in the mid-and late 1900's, was the first place where the consulate was established. the first buddhist church, the first christian church,...
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there is nothing like a pennant race that can unite a city and there is a lot of fun. this goes on every day. >> i attended briefly an open house that was held for the general public. last evening, commissioners to guyana -- commissioner sugaya was there for the reception of the san francisco association of architectural heritage. the other thing that i would like to mention is that during the break i was in your city in had been visiting family. we took their opportunity to take some time to look at their process of turning some streets into parks and plazas into the rerouting of traffic and the instigation of bicycle lanes. we have talked to a lot of new yorkers in differing capacities. it seems prettyod
there is nothing like a pennant race that can unite a city and there is a lot of fun. this goes on every day. >> i attended briefly an open house that was held for the general public. last evening, commissioners to guyana -- commissioner sugaya was there for the reception of the san francisco association of architectural heritage. the other thing that i would like to mention is that during the break i was in your city in had been visiting family. we took their opportunity to take some...
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effect would be damaging to the city. 703.385 says many are more likely to circulate the and money by corporate retail. as the eighth largest in the nation, the pet food express corporate headquarters is located in san leandro. at our hearing, a pet food express was a virus that when they expand operations, they might want to consider doing so in san francisco. it appears they are expanding but not in san francisco. they are completing work on a warehouse in oakland. next up is kathleen of the small business commission, which is one of the association's. thank you very much for your time in protecting the distinct and averse neighborhoods -- and diverse neighborhoods. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i am here to reconfirm the position of the small business commission, which has consistently regarded the applications as an unnecessary and endangering small businesses we already know are suffering from our recession right now. i also wanted to point out that the owners chose to reapply nine months later and less than 1 mile from where they were denied the first time. that is because the
effect would be damaging to the city. 703.385 says many are more likely to circulate the and money by corporate retail. as the eighth largest in the nation, the pet food express corporate headquarters is located in san leandro. at our hearing, a pet food express was a virus that when they expand operations, they might want to consider doing so in san francisco. it appears they are expanding but not in san francisco. they are completing work on a warehouse in oakland. next up is kathleen of the...
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is this in the city records or is this independent? >> this is a sophisticated question. there is probably someone who has owned a house for a long time. in california, if you have been the owner of your house for a long time, the carbon tax is increased. the assessed value is involved very well. when you look at this, you see that this is very conservative. the value might be $100,000 or $200,000. you have to look to the market value. this is
is this in the city records or is this independent? >> this is a sophisticated question. there is probably someone who has owned a house for a long time. in california, if you have been the owner of your house for a long time, the carbon tax is increased. the assessed value is involved very well. when you look at this, you see that this is very conservative. the value might be $100,000 or $200,000. you have to look to the market value. this is
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the city's policy has been to smooth out those losses. even if we were earning a pretty decent rate, we would have to make up for that loss over the next five years, and that will be represented in an increase, right? dodge what you said is exactly correct, supervisor. if i could take half a minute to address something that supervisor maxwell mentioned earlier. the systems all of this year has fluctuated in value between 13 and $13.5 billion. what i want to point out to you is that our high water mark, it was about three years ago for a sustainable period. there was actually one day where we jumped over 17 billion. even though that was the high water mark, the point to want to make is this. we are using the term $3 billion-loss. i don't like using that term "loss." i don't think it is accurate for this. you don't have a loss until you write it off. i wanted to tell you that we have not been recognizing losses. if you read about other major funds having major write-offs and real estate projects, other things that have gone south, that mone
the city's policy has been to smooth out those losses. even if we were earning a pretty decent rate, we would have to make up for that loss over the next five years, and that will be represented in an increase, right? dodge what you said is exactly correct, supervisor. if i could take half a minute to address something that supervisor maxwell mentioned earlier. the systems all of this year has fluctuated in value between 13 and $13.5 billion. what i want to point out to you is that our high...
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[laughs] 1:41 supervisor chu: good morning and welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. are there any announcements today? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please place them in the container at the rail in front of you to your left. if you wish to submit copies of materials for members of the committee, please submit extra copies for the court. items sent out of committee today will be considered by the full board of supervisors tuesday of next week on september 21, unless another date is indicated. supervisor chu: thank you very much. we have a number of items before us today, but i would like to take one item of order. please call item five. >> item 5, hearing to consider that the transfer of a type 42 on-sale beer and wine public premises liquor license from 620 post st. to 447 battery street to alberto de almeida jr. for magellan wine, the hidden fine wine bar, will serve the convenience of the people and city and county of san francisco. >> good morning. before you
[laughs] 1:41 supervisor chu: good morning and welcome to the city operations and neighborhood services committee. are there any announcements today? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit speaker cards, please place them in the container at the rail in front of you to your left. if you wish to submit copies of materials for members of the committee, please submit extra copies for the court. items sent out of committee...
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. >> and the drug abuse and dirty city and blocks. >> and all different cultures and everyone brings something t share. >> and there is always garbage there and it stinks. >> you see incredible art and venues that are creative. >> if they aren't drawing on th walls and doing it on the glass walls of people's businesses. >> and working class and the character of the mission and th mom and pop streets and feel like your in latin america. >> and it's a drug dealing center and no man's land and anybody can deal the drugs. >> i like the community spirit here and the diversity and i wa accepted a gay man. >> and it's been a parolee dumping ground and we release them with no supervision. >> this neighborhood has a history of fighting for social injustice. >> at the end of may we have a incredible festival and the biggest ethnic event and carnival san francisco and bri brings the biggest festival on the west coast and the art's community at its finest that d day. >> welcome to san francisco's district nine, a land of great beaty and conflicts and transactions and and drunks and bangers and o
. >> and the drug abuse and dirty city and blocks. >> and all different cultures and everyone brings something t share. >> and there is always garbage there and it stinks. >> you see incredible art and venues that are creative. >> if they aren't drawing on th walls and doing it on the glass walls of people's businesses. >> and working class and the character of the mission and th mom and pop streets and feel like your in latin america. >> and it's a...
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which is difficult to do through other vehicles in the city. so it pulls in a million dollars a year. twice a year we give away a 500 thousand dollars typically. there are 3 categories of grants. there are small projects, which are awards up to 10 thousand dollars. and those require a neighborhood match of 50 percent and i will explain how the match works. there are medium projects that go from 1001 dollars and 2500 dollars and then to a hundred thousand dollars those require a 25 percent match and require rigorous documentation that your group has done large projects before can can do them. [inaudible]. >> you mean -- >> how do you know if a project is a small, large or medium. >> people ask for that you want you have to ask for budget on your project. >> is that the whole scope of the -- we went small 10 thousand dollars. >> no, no. not at all. >> that's a great question and we should talk about that in q and a. i would like to run q and alike a discussion where we bounce ideas and how you can work your projects continuously if you need to. l
which is difficult to do through other vehicles in the city. so it pulls in a million dollars a year. twice a year we give away a 500 thousand dollars typically. there are 3 categories of grants. there are small projects, which are awards up to 10 thousand dollars. and those require a neighborhood match of 50 percent and i will explain how the match works. there are medium projects that go from 1001 dollars and 2500 dollars and then to a hundred thousand dollars those require a 25 percent match...
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the city. they specifically called out the notion of of creating parks and increasing amenities and adding food and targeting recreation. this is ideal for residents and tourists, for the parks, and for the neighborhood and commercial districts. at the same time, we have noticed an incredible demand for food carts in the city. portland got a head of this curve, and it has done wonders and has really added to local neighborhoods. it is incredibly cumbersome and actually regulated by the police. we are leading projects to bring legislation forward to streamline food carts in the city and allow them to create a streamlined process for planning department to give permits on underutilized private spaces. i think they have also gotten ahead of the curve in there really exemplary way puree get our department has been involved with this initiative of footing in food carts from the outset. it was very well-publicized. -- involved with this initiative of putting in food carts from the outset. it was well
the city. they specifically called out the notion of of creating parks and increasing amenities and adding food and targeting recreation. this is ideal for residents and tourists, for the parks, and for the neighborhood and commercial districts. at the same time, we have noticed an incredible demand for food carts in the city. portland got a head of this curve, and it has done wonders and has really added to local neighborhoods. it is incredibly cumbersome and actually regulated by the police....
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this is a picture of the park which is something that the city just sanctioned to be put in on the street which is additional outside seating. this is now a little park. even though i live on 24th street, my home away from home is 22nd street. on moving to san francisco, what i really appreciated was the cafe culture. this particular block brings such diversity, i have met people there from around the world. we congregate to get there. we exchanged opinions and ideas. part of that is the flow of the outside as well as the inside in that area. the proposed cafe will offer a as i understand it, turkish coffee. this is something you cannot get anywhere else. i would like to see this. this is no longer a smoke shop. this has been cut down. this is a tiny space. this is not economically viable. in the spirit of diversity and cooperation in, they have made plans to keep the congregation from the shared entrance to insure that there's not smoke bothering these people. i have every confidence that they will continue this and i would like to see this permit granted. i would like to see the chairs
this is a picture of the park which is something that the city just sanctioned to be put in on the street which is additional outside seating. this is now a little park. even though i live on 24th street, my home away from home is 22nd street. on moving to san francisco, what i really appreciated was the cafe culture. this particular block brings such diversity, i have met people there from around the world. we congregate to get there. we exchanged opinions and ideas. part of that is the flow...
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the city is bankrupt. across the street -- was closed down. there are small business owners -- we are struggling because of the economic problem. the the problem is drafting. this will go up. they will have that -- people that have jobs, they will spend the money. sometimes they will go outside of the shopping. not only that, the property is going up. signal or later, they will have to pick them up. this will benefit us in washington, d.c., they would like it too. they do. >> we built the buildings. building hospitals as the single most important investment we can make. in case of natural disaster, the natural disasters need to be there and they need to be functioning 100%. i'm speaking to you as a property owner and a san francisco resident. i am blocks away from the bay view campus. we are really looking forward to this project. this will be a completely positive impact on the environment of san francisco. i urge you to move this through the planning commission. personally, i worked at the california campus four years at a time and day out a
the city is bankrupt. across the street -- was closed down. there are small business owners -- we are struggling because of the economic problem. the the problem is drafting. this will go up. they will have that -- people that have jobs, they will spend the money. sometimes they will go outside of the shopping. not only that, the property is going up. signal or later, they will have to pick them up. this will benefit us in washington, d.c., they would like it too. they do. >> we built the...
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this alternative by staff is not promoting the city's in final policy. it is completely unsubstantiated because this alternative has been identified as the environmental superior alternative. the project would still be legal, and the project would be 52% more square footage than has previously been approved for this site. the preservation alternative, again, was rejected. it has no impact on the square footage and has no impact on how many hours union construction workers are going to be set able to spend working on this project, and we discussed the aesthetic impacts from the neighbor's perspective. new rezoning alternatives, switches the bulk of the structure shifting away from existing structures and residences. and the staff comments the lack of flexibility on design without providing any examples to support this objection. same thing going back to alternative c. they took the parking component out of alternative c and then said that it is not competitive with the office buildings because it does not have parking. well, who told them to take the park
this alternative by staff is not promoting the city's in final policy. it is completely unsubstantiated because this alternative has been identified as the environmental superior alternative. the project would still be legal, and the project would be 52% more square footage than has previously been approved for this site. the preservation alternative, again, was rejected. it has no impact on the square footage and has no impact on how many hours union construction workers are going to be set...
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approximately 94% is in the city and county treasury pool. we also have funds sitting in a money-market account with deutsche bank in compliance with commercial paper inventor. currently, with a $97 million balance, we have sufficient liquidity and funds for the next six months. we have no problem forcing and the expenditures in the next year. if there are any questions, i would be more than happy to answer them. commissioner mar: seeing no questions, let's open this up for public comment. is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. thank you for the informational items. we have one last information item. >> item 7, introduction of new items. this is an information in. commissioner mar: seeing none, next item. >> item 8, public comment. commissioner mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> item 9, a german. commissioner mar: thank you, everyone, for being here today. the meeting is adjourned. captioned by the national captionin
approximately 94% is in the city and county treasury pool. we also have funds sitting in a money-market account with deutsche bank in compliance with commercial paper inventor. currently, with a $97 million balance, we have sufficient liquidity and funds for the next six months. we have no problem forcing and the expenditures in the next year. if there are any questions, i would be more than happy to answer them. commissioner mar: seeing no questions, let's open this up for public comment. is...